Anonyx sarsi: A major unrecognized scavenger and predator in the intertidal zone

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1127-1128

  Ingolfsson A ^b   Agnarsson, I ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR; SCAVENGER; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ICELAND;

AMPHIPODA; ANONYX SARSI;

EID: 0343049129     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531549900140X     Document Type: Article

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